May 17, 2024 CarbonScape Bolsters Team with New CCO, CPO and CFO

CarbonScape, the battery material innovator, today announces the appointment of a new CCO, CPO and CFO in an important growth moment.

CarbonScape, the battery material innovator, today announces the appointment of Vincent Ledoux-Pedailles, Jay Kim, and Darryl Robinson to its leadership team, spearheading the next stage of the company’s growth.

Vincent Ledoux-Pedailles joins CarbonScape as the new Chief Commercial Officer, having previously worked as the CCO of Vulcan Energy Resources and Executive Director of Corporate Strategy at Infinity Lithium. Vincent will lead CarbonScape’s global commercial strategy, drawing on his impressive track record for strong commercial outcomes in the battery technology space. With an initial focus on European investors and offtakers, he will be based in France.

Jay Kim joins as the new Chief Product Officer. He brings extensive leadership expertise in the sector from his time at Northvolt and Samsung SDI. Utilising his depth of battery science knowledge, acquired over the last two decades, Jay will be driving CarbonScape’s technological innovation and will be based in South Korea.

Darryl Robinson joins as the new Chief Financial Officer, bringing over 20 years of experience spanning the high-growth technology sector and large corporations. Darryl will be leading CarbonScape’s financial strategy as it commercialises biographite and scales production to meet skyrocketing demand.

Last year, CarbonScape received an $18 million investment, allowing the company to begin commercialisation of biographite in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale energy storage. The new hires will play an important role in facilitating CarbonScape’s commercialisation plans as the company scales rapidly.

Ivan Williams, CEO at CarbonScape said: “As CarbonScape eyes global expansion, we are delighted to welcome Vincent, Jay, and Darryl to the team. Their commercial knowhow, deep industry knowledge, and technical expertise will be instrumental in scaling the business at the pace required to address world-wide supply chain challenges.

“From securing new partnerships to leading on technical innovation, the new appointments will support CarbonScape on its mission to deliver secure graphite supply chains.”

CarbonScape’s patented technology produces sustainable, high-quality battery-grade biographite, from renewable forestry by-product through a climate-positive process. This innovative product is a cost-competitive, drop-in replacement for synthetic graphite, and its production facilities can be localised worldwide, significantly reducing supply chain pressures.

The world’s graphite supply is predicted to face a massive deficit of 777,000 tonnes per year by 2030 and China currently controls over 90% of the market. CarbonScape’s biographite offers a viable solution to the growing demand for low-carbon alternatives in the electric vehicle (EV) battery industry and a sizable market opportunity.

By transitioning to locally sourced biographite, Europe alone could reduce CO2 emissions by 15 million tonnes by 2030, equivalent to taking one million (non-electric) cars off its roads annually.

For more information about CarbonScape please contact:

billy.holmes@greenhouse.agency                    +44 (0) 7827 589 014

petra.clifton@greenhouse.agency                    +44 (0) 7531 767 562

About CarbonScape
CarbonScape is the first-to-market producer of sustainable biographite. The New Zealand-based deep tech biomaterials company began development of biographite in 2016, with a vision to replace fossil carbons with renewable carbon products. Its patented biographite technology offers the global lithium-ion battery industry a drop-in alternative to synthetic and mined graphite, enabling local production, high performance, and a negative carbon footprint. Graphite accounts for 42% of the weight of critical materials used in a li-ion battery cell, 8 times more than lithium and is key to the global shift to clean energy. For more information, visit: https://www.carbonscape.com/

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